Entries Tagged as 'Williamsburg'

Nearly a year after writing about the burgeoning Grand Street in East Williamsburg, a new restaurant, Williamsburg Kitchen, recently opened with a vision of bringing a little modern flair to the neighborhood’s mostly generic offerings. An offshoot of Bushwick Kitchen, which opened last year in the adjacent Brooklyn neighborhood, Williamsburg Kitchen’s new Euro-American fusion cuisine […]

There has been a lot said about the gentrification of Williamsburg over the last decade, and particularly the last few years since the rezoning of 2005 opened up the waterfront areas for development. Much of this “urban renewal” has taken place on the North and South sides, which are generally divided by Grand Street, but […]

On May 27th through the 29th, Brewskee Ball, the first-ever national Skee-Ball league, held its second annual national championship at Full Circle Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I’ve previously highlighted Full Circle Bar for their Coney Island Style Brunch, but a special occasion calls for a special brunch. The top 64 players from across the country […]

When the guys behind Full Circle Bar opened up shop in Williamsburg in Fall 2009, they aimed to infuse the fun and nostalgia of Coney Island with a chill place to hang out and have a drink. As the national home to Brewskee-Ball, the first-ever competitive Skee-Ball league, the bar’s claim to fame is definitely […]